Tap. Pours a clear dark brown body with a small wispy light brown head. The nose is sweet with some chocolate malt and light roast with a little caramel sweetness. Rather sweet flavor with lots of caramel and light coffee and roast. Minimal hoppiness. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, a little sticky and clingy with soft fizzy carbonation. Decent beer, but it’s a bit overly sweet.

Bottle via trade. Pours darkest brown with a small tan head that leaves a film. The aroma has loads of cocoa, sweet caramel, and roast. Slightly smoky, and pretty nice. Sweet on the flavor. Chocolatey, but a little fake tasting. Burnt caramel, toffee, smoke, and roasted malts. Pretty good, but too sweet. Medium-bodied and smooth with long finish. Overall, well, I’d like to homer this up, but honestly it’s only decent.

UPDATED: OCT 17, 2010 Pours dark brown. Aroma is chocolate with mild bitterness and roast. The bitterness is very uniform and nondescript with no associated hop flavor; certainly not harsh, but a bit dry feeling, and more significant in magnitude than is usual for the style. Mild chocolate and sweetness comes through, not overdone, but definitely present. Medium body and carbonation. NOTE: This is actually not a blend of porter and scottish ales. It is a dark strong ale that originated from using all of the leftover grain and hops to make a beer. It also has a lot more abv than 6.6%.

Thanks to the good folks on BA for this one from the Minnows BIF. Pours dark brown with a tan head. Nose is malt, some cherry, maple syrup, and some earth. Flavor is similar with lots of scotch ale character fighting through the porter to be heard. Medium-bodied and earthy, yet very malty and pleasant.

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